An NBC News investigation into seven deadly airstrikes has found Palestinians were killed in areas of southern Gaza that the Israeli military had explicitly designated as safe zones.

Hala Gorani reports from Israel.

The beauty of the drive between Amherst and Williamstown is worth the trip to Massachusetts alone.

Gotta thank Josh Shepperd for delivering an awesome presentation to my cultural heritage class last night! Igniting those young minds is essential

Giving a book talk at Wellesley College on April 29th! Thanks to Codruța Morari.

Really holding my breath that we don’t have a Kent State situation at some point in the next week.

I'm giving a book talk tomorrow at MIT that looks at the shared genealogical origins of public media, educational technology, and mass communications research. calendar.mit.edu/event/distance…

Media History students had an excellent time visiting Rocky Mountain PBS and NPR in Denver last week! Thank you to our hosts.

Right on

Come join us for a showcase of our extraordinary Media and Public Engagement MA students in Boulder on May 8—expect projects on union organizing, fandoms, cryptocurrency, mental health, comedy, and more: calendar.colorado.edu/event/mape-sho…

Banner week around here! On Monday, I was awarded tenure at Northwestern. What an incredible honor and relief. And then today, look what came in the mail!

Journal Update! RPTF member Noah Arceneaux will be next editor of Journal of Radio & Audio Media.
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I’ll be talking with University of Missouri students about the applied policy project that I direct for the Library of Congress on April 24th! Thanks to Jason Alston #staymadandstaydangerous.

Wire playlist: Women composers from the Latin American avant-garde

Musician and researcher Alejandra Cardenas aka ale hop selects music by some of the Latin American women composers of electronic music profiled in her new book Switched On:

thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/w…

Giving a book talk at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on April 25th!

I was so happy to present this today! #racerfacultysuccess

My book was featured on Texas Public Radio this morning! tpr.org/podcast/the-so…

Sound up! Yoko Reikano Kimura accompanied Japanese paper films at The Museum of the Moving Image. #Orphans2024

Code Switch has an excellent essay on the opinion piece about NPR making the rounds, noting it acts as if the existence of systemic racism is an open question, though NPR has reported on the extensive evidence which proves it absolutely exists. READ: loom.ly/SdKRJGc

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I'm in Vegas and I was going to gamble a little bit, until I saw people gambling. Too depressing. Gonna spend that money on weird food instead.